The sad wind in the north of the country is cut, the ice of the Yi River has been resolved, Hu Yin returned from the funeral in Shandong and took the land route, the beacon fire has been extinguished when crossing the boundary river, although there is sand and dust even riding, Shuo Yu side sound, but Yan Zhao Liao Dynasty has been full of Han songs, Han Song Yun He?

"The wind blows and frosts, the seaweed withers, and the muscles are dry and strong. There were 300,000 soldiers of the Han family, and the general was also the leader of Huo Yao. The meteor white feather is inserted around the waist, and the sword flower autumn lotus light is out of the box. The heavenly soldiers shine on the snow under the jade pass, and the captured arrows shoot golden armor like sand. The clouds, dragons, winds and tigers are all handed back, and the enemy can be destroyed when Taibai enters the moon. The enemy can be destroyed, the head is destroyed, and the intestines of the beard are involved in the blood. Hanging Hu in the sky, burying Hu Zi plugged around. Hu no one, Han Daochang ......"

The singing seems to come from Shandong, and the singers don't know whether it is Wen or Wu, Han or Hu. The pacification of the Xiao Ziqi rebellion also seemed to set the tone of the Huayi dispute within this regime, and the Hu Yiyi that used to envelop half of the sky dissipated, and the sky of the Han Dynasty seemed to suddenly become clean.

When Hu Yin took leave and went down to Shandong, he only rode a few horses, but when he came back at this moment, a large group of Qilu scholars followed him north. Hu Anguo died and entered the coffin with a smile, so the scholars were not overly sad, and they were happy that what they had been waiting for for a long time had been successful.

There is a hardliner in the Great Han Shilin, who has always believed that since ancient times China has been strong and prosperous such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and its ambition will be swept away, and the extremely military strength has been, and the etiquette and righteousness between Huayi are ornamented, the strength and weakness are real, and the way of mercy and the gentleman's affairs need to be extinguished before they can be revived - not only in foreign affairs, but also in internal affairs! And now, that moment seems to have arrived.

After Hu Yin returned to Beijing, he quickly threw himself into the work of the Yuan National Assembly, and Siyue Hall quickly approved the Privy Council's plan for adjusting the top echelons of the military.

After the disease was eliminated and the people were eliminated anyway, they unconditionally accepted the reorganization of the Central Army, eliminating the adversity and keeping the obedience. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Han Privy Council strengthened its control over all armies, and the control of the Han Court Center over the armies of various factions outside the Central Army reached an unprecedented intensity. In this round of adjustments, there have been considerable changes in the military from the combat team to the logistics team, and even to the officials who rely on the military forces to take the position!

In the past year, the Southern Song Dynasty has fallen into the stars, and Sichuan Xuanfu has made Wu Yuxue in the army, less than fifty years old. On the second day of Zhao Gou's edict, he gave the young master a thousand horses and a thousand horses, and replaced him with the Wenchen Hu Shijiang. But when it comes to the fall of the stars, the losses of the Northern Dynasty are even greater! Not only was Marshal Aru martyred, Generalissimo Xiao Tienu was imprisoned, and General Wang Yan, another important figure in the Han military, also died of illness.

After the civil war subsided, Yang Kaiyuan obeyed the order of the Privy Council to relieve the military power and returned to Beijing to preside over the affairs of the Central Military Academy. After obtaining the consent of Yan Hu, Yang Kaiyuan, and Ouyang Shi, Yang Yingqi proposed in his ruling capacity to add two marshals, Zuo Quzhi and Liu Qi, and promote Xu Wen, Xiao Jun, and Li Shifu to generals. He was stationed in Luoyang, Liu Qi was stationed in Chang'an, Xu Wen was stationed in Hanoi, Li Shifu was stationed in Chongmingao, plus Zhao Li in Xuzhou and Shi Kang in Neihuang once again formed a military clamp on the Southern Dynasties. Although this civil war caused the Han to lose some of its elite troops, it also greatly reduced the complexity of the composition of the Han army, and after the army was purified, there were many fewer internal constraints, and the implementation of the Privy Council's orders was also more smooth.

Zhao Gou Qin Hui was worried that the situation would get out of control again, and urgently summoned the Han envoy to express his willingness to accept the terms proposed by Yang Yingqi, hoping that the Northern Dynasty could also make the Han generals restrain themselves, so as not to cause the North and the South to go to war again. Under the instruction of Yang Yingqi, the Han envoy made inches of progress, in addition to retaining the terms proposed last time, he also expanded the condominium from Bianliang to the entire Kaifeng Prefecture, and asked Zhao Gou to attach a peace table to recount the gifts of the Han monarch and Song Chen. When the news came out, the front-line soldiers of the Song army were in an uproar, and Yue Fei refused to second, thinking that the Northern Dynasty would not dare to fight again, and even if the Song army fought again, it might not lose!

Zhao Gou and Qin Hui don't see it that way, they don't think about the success or failure of the war between the Han and Song Dynasty, but also consider the chain reaction that the war will trigger - in the current situation, if the Song army is defeated, it is bad, even if it is defeated, it may make the pattern of the Great Song Dynasty civil and military at home and abroad unbalanced, for Zhao Gou, this may be more serious than the defeat to Yang Yingqi - because Zhao Gou thinks that Yang Yingqi just wants to get some marginal benefits, and does not immediately want to annex the Southern Song Dynasty's ambition! What's more, in the long run, as long as the Han Dynasty has Yanzhao, Ganlong, Damo, and Northeast at the same time, then the Han army will have a natural cavalry advantage, and it will be more and more difficult for the Song army to ensure a plain place like Henan.

In fact, although the Han envoy was aggressive in Jiankang, in the Han Jingshi, the ministers and deputies all felt that Yang Yingqi was just bluffing, because the internal problems of the Han Dynasty had not yet been dealt with!

After the rebellion was quelled, the first to be liquidated was Liu Cao, and the real case was finally poked out, and nearly 100 officials were implicated in this big case, and a large number of local officials in western Hebei and Yunzhong fell, and most of the people brought by Liu Cao into the center were suspended pending trial. However, the Prime Minister's Government had already made preparations for this liquidation operation, and a large number of new talents from the southern faction were quickly placed in the vacated posts, and the style of the Central Ministry of Rites and Criminal Affairs and the rule of officials in western Hebei and Yunzhong soon changed greatly.

The next thing that was affected was Han Fang, although he has always maintained a relatively clean foundation, but because he was too close to Liu Cao, and most of his cronies and subordinates were replaced, his life in the capital became more and more difficult day by day. Han Fang saw that he was isolated in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he took the initiative to resign. Prime Minister Yang Pu immediately approved his resignation, and transferred Deng Su to the center as deputy prime minister.

However, the impact of the real verdict seems to end here, and Ouyang Shi was not dragged into the water in the end. Some of Liu Cao's team originally wanted to pull him to accompany him to the funeral no matter what, if they really did this, then even if Yang Yingqi was willing to protect him, Ouyang Shi was afraid that it would be difficult to preserve. Fortunately, Han Fang secretly mediated and persuaded Liu Cao and others to leave a line for their descendants and the future, which allowed Ouyang Shi to successfully overcome the difficulties. In this matter, Ouyang Shi owed Han Fang a favor.

"But, is the favor of the four generals still useful?" On the way to exile, Liu Cao's bitter friends were very suspicious of Liu Cao's decision: "He is only afraid that he will not be able to protect himself now!" ”

This sentence is very well said, and now Ouyang Shi's situation is indeed very bad. In order to cross this threshold, Ouyang Shi almost exhausted his political resources! As the general speaker, Yang Yingqi almost did not dare to refute any motion he proposed; As one of the ruling parties, he has also been reduced to the point of following Yang Yingqi step by step, and almost does not dare to voice opposition; Militarily, he did not dare to speak out when the Privy Council integrated the Nanyang Naval Division; In terms of business, the share of the Chen family and the Ouyang family in the Nanyang spice route shrank to less than a quarter, although the spice route was opened to other families, although it prospered because of this, and the Han court's tax revenue in Nanyang also doubled, but the Chen family fell from the original super-first-class family to the first-class family, and can only be compared with the Zhao (Zhumin) family and Liu (Jie), and is inferior to Ayimusi and Chen Chu (he has just obtained more than a quarter of the management rights and related industries of the spice route), not to mention the Lin family who has climbed to the peak again.

Liu Cao was actually very skeptical that Ouyang Shi could still be of any use, but he still endured it. The Ruling Council has put them on a blacklist that they cannot use, and they know that their lives are over. However, they still hope that their children and grandchildren will have a chance to rise again, although it is really slim to bet on Ouyang Shi, but now they have no choice. What's more, Han Fang has a sentence that Liu Cao agrees with very much in his heart - Han Fang once sent someone to spread the word: "That person is now like the Japanese side, but the day is moving, and the extremes of things will be opposed, unless he rebels, how can the Duke of Zhou be able to bully the position of the lord for a long time?" ”

It was precisely because he believed Han Fang's words that Liu Cao kept his mouth shut to Ouyang Shi.

In the autumn of 1692, after the dust settled on the Zhending case, the case of Xiao Ziqi's rebellion was finally arranged. The leaders involved in this case are mainly Generalissimo Xiao Tienu, the new marshal is sick, and the former co-signatory Privy Council member Lu Yanlun. A large part of the die-hard generals who supported Xiao had already been killed on the spot when they were sick and turned against him, and at this time, only a dozen or so people were eligible to be judged by the supreme judge.

Originally, Xiao Jun, the son of Xiao Tienu, was also among those who were summoned to be tried, but soon after the news of Xiao Ziqi's rebellion was put down, Xiao Jun complained to the center, saying that it was a rebellion of the barbarian tribe, and Yelu Dashi colluded with it to attempt to invade the east. At that time, Xiao Jun had not yet been awarded the position of general, but he had military power comparable to that of generals Mengwuer and Puruhu, in addition to a group of direct generals, there was even a death battalion that only obeyed his orders! Therefore, before the center reacted, Xiao Jun had already exercised the right of improminence granted to him by Zhe Yanchong at the beginning, and used troops to Yelu Dashi to drive Naiman all the way west, directly forcing the territory of Western Liao.

The matter of Mobei is thousands of miles away, but Yang Yingqi and others know Xiao Jun's intentions, but even if they know this, they can't help him, Yang Kaiyuan also came forward to defend Xiao Jun, saying that he is far away in Mobei and "will not know that it is his father's business", thinking that Xiao Jun does not need to be held responsible for the rebellion. In order to appease the disease and Xiao Tienu's old department, Yang Yingqi also added the rank of general to Xiao Jun according to the situation, so as to show that the Han court had a clear distinction between public and private.

However, the trial of Xiao Ziqi's other accomplices was not unduly delayed because of Xiao Jun. Therefore, the stakes are too great, and the main culprit involved in the case is the generalissimo of the Han Dynasty, one of the seven consuls appointed by Zhi Yanchong in danger, so the trial place of the case is not set in the Supreme Court, but in the Siyue Palace, and the presiding judge is Li Jie, Hu Yinzuo, and Guo Haoright, and the national representatives in Jingyuan were all able to observe the trial, and since Lu Yanlun and below, Li Jie's judgment and sentencing were made, but Xiao Tienu could only be convicted after the other four consuls and the Yuan National Standing Representative Conference passed the trial.

The trial went very smoothly at the beginning, because those who were willing to rebel with Xiao Tienu first, and then didn't know how to make meritorious contributions to illness with seeds, were almost all martial artists who were only strong and noble, and these people were brave enough to charge into battle, but when they fell into the hands of the sword and pen scholars, it was not round and flat, long and short!

It wasn't until Lu Yanlun stood in the dock that the presiding judge felt the pressure. The only and highest-ranking literati among the main criminals was very aware of his situation, and he did not say a word throughout the trial, but after the physical evidence and human testimony were presented in court, it seemed that Lu Yanlun could be convicted without admitting it. It wasn't until Li Jie finally asked him whether he pleaded guilty that Lu Yanlun opened his mouth and said, "Can I still speak?" ”

"Of course you can talk. But the evidence is conclusive, and it's useless if you want to deny it! ”

"Why should I deny it!" Lu Yanlun sneered: "What you said, what escaped from the Beijing Division, what co-ordinated the army, and what managed logistics for Xiao Ziqi, yes, I have done it all!" In fact, what I did for Xiao Ziqi is more than that! ”

When the Siyue Hall ascended, there was an oh, oh, uh, uh sound, and after Li Jie and the others quieted down a little, he asked Lu Yanlun: "Then you confessed?" ”

"Sin? What am I guilty of! Lu Yanlun's voice was high, and he pointed at Yang Yingqi and shouted, "The guilty are over there!" By the Queen's side! Yang Yingqi! He's guilty! It was he who imprisoned the Lord, it was he who murdered the prince, it was he who deceived the queen! It's not me who is guilty, it's not Generalissimo Xiao! It's him! We are loyal servants! He's a traitor! ”

The audience was in an uproar, and the delegates either looked at Lu Yanlun to see how he argued, or looked at Yang Yingqi to see how he reacted, and at the same time did not forget to pay attention to Yan Hu's expression, but after seeing Yan Hu lowered his eyebrows and was silent, Yang Yingqi was nothing.

Guo Hao said: "Lu Yanlun! When it comes to the end, you still have to quibble! ”

"Sophistry?" Lu Yanlun shouted: "What a quibble! ”

Hu Yin said: "Your Majesty needs to recuperate due to injury, this matter has been explained by the queen in the Siyue Palace, and everyone has already understood, it has nothing to do with Yang Zheng, you don't have to try to clear your name." ”

"Ha-" Lu Yanlun laughed and said, "Okay! He has done a good job of imprisoning the Lord! Although we don't know what the actual situation is! But what about the crown prince? Ask him, where is the prince? ”

Hu Yin said: "The prince ran away, and the ruling party is indeed suspected of not taking good care of him. But you can't rebel for that reason! ”

"Running away? Run away? Lu Yanlun laughed and laughed for a full quarter of an hour before he exclaimed, "Queen! O Queen! Do you really believe that the prince ran away on his own? What do you say to sail to the sea, what you say to go to the Eastern Continent - who will believe such nonsense! Even if the crown prince really wants to leave, even if the prince wants to leave a letter, why not leave it to the queen? Isn't the queen the crown prince's biological mother? Even if it is because the queen is an elder, the prince is not easy to talk about, so why not leave it to the princess? Isn't the princess the prince's sister? As a result, the queen did not receive the letter, and the princess did not receive the letter, but it was a Lin Yu who had nothing to do with the prince's eight poles - the illegitimate son of our Yang ruling received the letter! Think about it, is this reasonable? Fake! Fake! The handwriting of this epistle could not be more forged! It's definitely fake! ”

Before he could finish his words, the audience was already stirring. In fact, the representative of the Zhongyuan people has not clarified his doubts about the prince's departure, and it was mentioned again at this time, coupled with Lu Yanlun's analysis, the whole incident became suspicious, and even Wan Yanhu hesitated a little, and actually touched the letter hidden in his arms, but it was not good to take it out on the spot. She looked at Yang Yingqi, but saw that Yang Yingqi still had a cold face and no expression.

The corners of Lu Yanlun's mouth suddenly flashed with a smile, as if he was laughing at Yang Yingqi for doing something wrong! If Yang Yingqi directly executed himself by extraordinary means, then why should there be today's embarrassment?

The boiling voices of the Siyue Hall gradually subsided under Li Jie's startled sound, and Hu Yin said: "Lu Yanlun, the matter of the prince you are talking about involves another incident that has already been decided, so you don't have to dwell on it. In short, no matter what the reason, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, Generalissimo Xiao Tienu used troops against the Beijing division without the privy consent and without the signature of the tiger talisman, which is already a rebellion! You went out of Beijing and entered Shaanxi without permission, not only did you not dissuade Marshal Xiao Tienu, but instead added fuel to the fire, that is a crime of one more degree! ”

"Sin? I'm not guilty! Lu Yanlun shouted: "That's right, the generalissimo raised troops without the consent of the center, but since ancient times, there has been a major crisis in Gyeonggi, and the princes have acted from power and raised troops to serve the king, which is a custom for the ages!" What's wrong with that? ”

Hu Yin said: "How could Jingshi ever be in trouble? If so, it's because of your rebellion! ”

Lu Yanlun laughed and said, "Trouble? Messing around? When did we make a mess? Don't you see the banner of Generalissimo Xiao, and the east of the river is attached to the wind? Why do you want to be attached? Because the truth is on our side! Those who stop us are all shameless people who have been bought by Yang Yingqi! As for the difficulty of Jingshi...... Hey! His Majesty the Emperor is in captivity, and the life and death of the crown prince are uncertain - isn't this a central problem? Is it really necessary to wait for Wang Mang's change to become big before it is in danger? Then it's too late for anything! Amusing! Amusing! Generalissimo Xiao is brave and loyal! But don't call it a rebellion! He pointed to everyone in the audience: "And you! You are all afraid of this Yang Yingqi, and you are all afraid of him! You're all controlled by him! Do what he says, do it! What meta-national representatives - bullshit! It's just a puppet and puppet in the hands of the surnamed Yang! If the country relies on you people and does not mess up, then the sky is blind! ”

But Lu Yanlun's tirade this time did not achieve the effect he expected, and it did not even cause everyone's whispers like before, and the Siyue Hall was silent, because Yang Yingqi had already stood up at some point. Everyone was worried about it, and they wanted to see how Yang Yingqi had a seizure.

However, Yang Yingqi didn't speak, and even his expression was still as calm as the water of an ancient well, no one knew what he was thinking, and no one knew what he was going to do! He put his hands behind his back, and his eyes did not fall on anyone's face, but they seemed to fall on everyone's faces, so that anyone who could see his eyes felt that he was looking at himself! The delegates suddenly didn't dare to speak, and the Siyue Hall was terrifyingly quiet.

Lu Yanlun seemed to feel the pressure of Yang Yingqi, but he was still struggling - not physically, but mentally, struggling and shouting: "Look! Look! Look at it! What a majesty! What a majesty! The mouth of the people is more important than the Sichuan! But you have blocked the mouth of Shilin! What a majesty! What a majesty! Look at it! is such a reckless, and he always puts on the appearance of Zhou Gong Zhuge ! But you might as well ask him, where is King Cheng? Where is the Queen! ”

Guo Hao shouted: "Shut up! ”

Lu Yanlun laughed out loud when he heard Guo Hao's words, pointed at Guo Hao and said, "Look! Check it out, everyone! What the lackeys look like, everyone can see clearly! ”

Guo Hao heard that his face was like a layer of dog blood, and at this moment, Li Jie knocked on the shocking wood again, his cultivation had already entered the hall at this time, ignoring Lu Yanlun's abuse, and said in an orderly manner according to the procedure: "Lu Yanlun, there is no evidence to confirm what you raised just now, and it can't help you clear your name." Do you have any other evidence to defend yourself? ”

Lu Yanlun laughed and said, "Evidence? Evidence? Ha ha! What proof! Anyway, you listen to Yang Yingqi, and you will be judged! Anyway, no matter how you judge, it will be the biggest unjust case in the history of the Han Dynasty! The biggest joke! ”

Li Jie nodded, and then ruled that Lu Yanlun was guilty, and when he was about to be sentenced, Yang Yingqi suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Wait! ”

Hundreds of people in the Siyue Hall held their breath together, and even Lu Yanlun stopped insulting, to see how Yang Yingqi dealt with him, but he didn't want Yang Yingqi to defend him, and said: "Lu Yanlun is plotting against him, as the minister of Xiaye, he will commit a border general, which is of course an unforgivable crime." However, during the rebellion, he had many restrictions on Xiao Ziqi's military generals from committing crimes against the people, and he could be regarded as a conscientious official who did his due duty to preserve the vitality of Hedong. In my capacity as Privy Councillor, I hereby plead with the judge that this may be taken into account in sentencing. ”

Before Li Jie could respond, the representatives of the Yuan people had already looked at each other, and Lu Yanlun was also stunned, then shook his head and laughed wildly: "It's here!" Here it comes! Hypocrisy is coming! Yang governs! I don't need you to intercede for me! Because I know you're making a name for yourself! Now you have control of the Siyue Palace! Take control of the courts! Pinch me as much as you want! But......" he turned to the delegates and cried out, "but you! Listen up! What I'm going to tell you next is what's coming! Our Yang regime has eradicated all the forces of the military that oppose him! All the key departments in the court are in the hands of the Southern faction! He's waiting now! Waiting for everyone to forget about the fold! When the time comes, if he wants to be Wang Mang, it will be directly in the yellow robe! If he can't save this face and wants to be Cao Cao, then he will pave the way for his son! ”

When Lu Yanlun said this, even Yan Hu changed color, and Li Jie's voice was shocked, but he couldn't interrupt Lu Yanlun's high-pitched and somewhat crazy laughter.

When everyone looked at Yang Yingqi again, they saw that he had already sat down, and there was still no expression on his face.

In the end, Yang Kaiyuan finally stood up and took two steps, and Lu Yanlun stopped only after noticing his actions. Yang Kaiyuan walked to the railing, patted the railing and said to Lu Yanlun: "Lord Lu, what is going on with the prince, maybe you know better than Yang Zhizhi!" Whether Generalissimo Xiao is a rebellion or not, you know better than anyone else in your heart! The so-called behavior of the princes acting in accordance with their powers can only be tolerated when there is an invasion from outside, a large army besieging the city, and the center fails. But when Xiao Tienu raised his army, the Siyue Palace, the Imperial Palace, the Privy Council, and the Prime Minister's Mansion were all complete on the central side, and the internal and external transportation of Gyeonggi was unimpeded. If even this is not a rebellion, in the future, anyone who is a frontier commander can use this excuse to lead troops into Beijing! Lord Lu, you deny the crime, what crime should be convicted, it is up to the judge to judge, whether you obey it or not, as for these disturbing words, you can say a few words! It's useless! ”

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